Put up your Fishing pics

[BigFir]

Working in a remote village this past summer about a 20 mile four wheeler ride up river I caught and released about fifty Arctic grayling over two nights of fishing anywhere from 12-19". Probably the most fun I've ever had fishing.
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I love grayling fishing! I used to get to do some on my northern moose hunting trips. Strange fish, I found pool after pool devoid of fish, then the next one would be loaded.......???

 

[jb6l6gc]

Those 1lb tanks are friggen
Pricey $13 for two here

 

[BigFir]

wow, I think I pay about 8$ for 3 here if I buy them at wal-mart.....

 

[jb6l6gc]

ya that's at Walmart here

 

[blacktail]

A few more from open water.......

Holy crap dude! Those are slabs!

 

[blacktail]

This fall salmon and winter steelhead seasons were the worst I've ever experienced. Fall coho was shut down on local rivers because of poor returns. Winter steelhead was non-existent. Long story, but the state didn't plant our Puget Sound rivers with steelhead for this year because of a lawsuit over their lack of federal approval.
Anyway, a few pics from last fall & winter...

 

[BigFir]

This fall salmon and winter steelhead seasons were the worst I've ever experienced. Fall coho was shut down on local rivers because of poor returns. Winter steelhead was non-existent. Long story, but the state didn't plant our Puget Sound rivers with steelhead for this year because of a lawsuit over their lack of federal approval.
Anyway, a few pics from last fall & winter...

Are most of your steelies hatchery? I think the Vedder and only a select few lower mainland rivers get hatchery fish up here, with such dwindling numbers I don't see why not? Maybe for federal reasons like you guys are experiencing? hmmm.....

 

[blacktail]

Are most of your steelies hatchery? I think the Vedder and only a select few lower mainland rivers get hatchery fish up here, with such dwindling numbers I don't see why not? Maybe for federal reasons like you guys are experiencing? hmmm.....

Puget Sound steelhead are listed as threatened under the ESA. We don't have any fisheries targeting wild winter fish in any of the Puget Sound rivers. Those rivers all close about the time wild fish start coming in. Hatchery fish return earlier and provide a fishery in December-January.
Rivers out on the coast stay open longer for a C&R fishery, as their steelhead populations are in at least somewhat better shape. Anglers were allowed to keep one wild fish per year from some coastal rivers until recently. That was recently eliminated.

 

[mikebinthesky]

Ohio river flathead

 

[jb6l6gc]

nice catfish, we get some that big here in the grand river off lake erie. They fight like a beast!

 

[mikebinthesky]

Cats are alot of fun.One of the best species to target if your trying to get kids interested in fishing.Always have a chance of catching a real lunker

 

[johnpma]

"Tuna Crack" it's an addiction

 

[Jags]

A knife, some very thinly sliced sweet onion and I could probably take care of half of one of those, myself.

 

[johnpma]

Fresh Sushi, Sashimi, and grilled sesame tuna mmmmmmm June can't get here quick enough

 

[BigFir]

A couple brookies for the smoker......

 

[Knots]

Deep in the White Mtns…

 

[Heatsource]

Rockfish and ling cod opened last weekend, we ran to the Farallon Islands outside the golden Gate 30 miles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farallon_Islands

we had early limits then returned into the Bay for halibut (got skunked)




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[Heatsource]

Some sturgeon pics from this year on the Sacramento river, these things are not easy to hook around here




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[jb6l6gc]

Those are awsome stergeon

 

[Jags]

Wow - some dinosaurs in there.

 

[BigFir]

Nice Dinos for sure. You are aloud to keep them? I think you would see jail time if you got caught with one here! Must be a slot limit?

 

[Heatsource]

Nice Dinos for sure. You are aloud to keep them? I think you would see jail time if you got caught with one here! Must be a slot limit?

yes, 3 per year- 40-60" to fork of tail slot fish.
the one i'm holding was 59.75" and the only one i've kept in 2 years...

 

[begreen]

We grow em big out here.

 

[Knots]

We grow em big out here.

 

[begreen]

It helps to bring along a toy model to document 'the one that got away'.